As an alternative to the fully automatic cloaking, you can switch the plugin to “selective cloaking” and tag the links you want to cloak manually:

<a href="http://example.com/?affiliate=me">Cloak Me<!--cloak--></a>

Note: The plugin does not actually edit your posts or permanently modify your links. Instead, it switches them on-the-fly whenever someone views them on your site. When editing a post in the admin panel, you will see the original, uncloaked link.

FAQ

Why are some of my links not getting cloaked?

The most common possibilities are:

Links in the sidebar, header, comment area and so on can’t be cloaked by the free version of the plugin. It only works on links in page/post body. Upgrade to the premium version to cloak links anywhere on the page.

Links added using other plugins, theme features or custom fields are also supported only in the premium version.

JavaScript links, as well as Flash and context-sensitive ads are not supported by any version of this plugin.

Why are none of my links getting cloaked?

If using “Seletive cloaking”, make sure you have actually marked some links with the <!--cloak--> tag.

Double-check that the links in question aren’t added or modified by plugins, the theme, or custom fields.

Contact me. You might have found a bug.

The exception list doesn’t seem to work. What could be the problem?

Make sure to enter only domain names in the “Exceptions” box. For example, given a link like “http://example.com/directory/page.html”, the domain name is the “example.com” part. So to prevent the plugin from cloaking that link, add “example.com” (sans quotes) to the “Exceptions” box. Entering the full URL or “http://example.com/” will not work.

Additionally, if some of your links point to example.com and some to www.example.com, you will need to add both of those to the exceptions.

Why do some cloaked links redirect me back to my homepage?

Most likely, your post(s) contain links created or modified by other plugins, the theme, or custom fields. Either remove those links, or upgrade to the premium version.

Your .htaccess might be out of date. To update it, go to Settings -> Permalinks and click “Save Changes”.

Your hosting company may be blocking browser access to PHP files in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, usually as a security measure. The free version of the plugin is not compatible with these hosts. Consider using the premium version instead.

I have a question not addressed in this FAQ. What should I do?

Either leave a comment below, or email me directly. My email address can be found on the contact page.

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If you want this plugin to function in a multisite WordPress environment use get_site_option() instead of get_option() and update_site_option() instead of update_option().
This will set global option vars accessible by all sub-blogs.

hello every body , i just want to make my all links of the post to first redirect to page i will create and then clicking the click button on that page will open the original destination of the link .. i want to put some affiliate banners on the page.. is this plugin helpful for that or not ..
i just can’t understand what actually cloaking links are ..

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